Straight from Grav. Zelaron Improvements

1) D3V, the staff has absolutely no obligation to cite reasons and justifications for administrative actions. That information does not warrant public display, and as such, it is the decision of the offending individual and the staff whether or not to make such information available to the general public.

2) Thank you, MJ for giving these complaints some actual validity instead of simply being baseless whining.

Now, to address these issues.

D3V, at this point, is in precisely the same boat as Grav is. He has been warned, reprimanded and scolded so many damned times by the staff that he is no longer afforded the luxury of the benefit of the doubt. Granted, he has been banned quite a few times, but he's never been permanently removed from the forum. On top of that, you probably don't recall this, but D3V was never actually banned for his misbehavior until a few months ago. He went for eight or nine months without recieving any kind of punishment for his bullshit except for the constant flame activity directed at him in the FF. Shit, I defended his right to spew his racist BS all over this forum. My opinion is that, although groutesque and moronic, he had every right to say it. Eventually, though, his behavior spilled outside of just racist remarks. He began flaming outside the FF and just causing problems in general. By that point, he should have been well-aware of the consequences, and as such, temporary banishment was an appropriate response.

In regards to Sov and the horse head, I had no idea that this had even occurred. This is just more reason why the staff needs to be notified when shit like that happens. If the staff doesn't immediately respond to the situation, most likely it means that nobody has seen it, or the staff simply assumes that the memberbase has no problem with it. You guys need to be actively making it known that these infractions bother you. Up until yesterday, I wasn't aware that you guys thought anything was wrong here.

As for Bob and D3V, Bob is new to the moderation job. Cut him some slack. If you'll recall, I went pretty overboard when I first got modded. Everybody does it. The appropriate response to D3V's antagonizing should have been to just ignore it, move it into the Flame Forum or Chat Forum and leave it be. He knows better now. You guys shouldn't be jumping all over his ass when he's only had a month of experience under his belt.

Like I said before, these are not constant problems. Yes, these things occur occasionally, but they are infrequent occasions at the most. People are capable of screwing up. Nobody is perfect. You guys are acting like this place is just overridden with these problems, and the truth is, this forum is running just fine. Bob is still getting used to his mod powers, all of the Off-Topic forums are generally very laid back and little to no actual moderation is required these days. However, I do appreciate it very much that these examples have been brought to my attention. Now that I've been made more aware of this stuff, I'll make sure to keep my eyes more attuned to what's going on in the future.